Newark Riots Collection (N.J.), 1967-1992.

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Newark Riots Collection (N.J.), 1967-1992.

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Conference, Newark (Stanley B. Winters, 1967-1977, memos, minutes, programs, letters, news articles, brochures, flyers, etc.); "An Assessment of Newark 1967-77" (booklet); "Newark: The Predictable Insurrection" (Life magazine, July 28, 1967); [Findings and action taken in their investigation of 26 deaths occurring during the civil disturbances in Newark, July 13 through July 18, 1967] (Summary of hearings from about February 12, 1968 to April 5, 1968, Essex County Grand Jury); Testimonies of witnesses (copies) to the Essex County Grand Jury; Accidents of the 1967 riots appearing in the local press (July 13-17; July 18-August 16); "Behind the violence in Newark: Anatomy of a Riot" (Ralph Whitehead, Commonweal, August 11, 1967); "A Special Supplement: The Occupation of Newark" (Tom Hayden, New York Review, August 24, 1967); "The 1967 Newark Riot and Mass Society: An Analysis of the Representation of Collective Action (Drew Univ. Thesis, 1997); Manuscript of the July 1967 riot by Thomas C. Murray; "Fighting The 'Blight'" (pamphlet, 1967, opposing the construction of the medical college; this incident acted as catalyst to the riot occurring that year); Misc. Black survival bulletin (picture of mutilated riot victim, background); North Ward Citizens Committee (leaflet); "Race Riots of 1967, An Analysis of Police Violence in Detroit and Newark" (by Albert Bergesen, Journal of Black Studies, Vol.12, No.3, March 1982); "When Newark Burned" (by John J. Sivolella, New Jersey Reporter, July/August 1992); "Riot in Their Hearts" (by John Winslow, Suburban Life).

0.42 linear ft. (1 Hollinger box)

Newark Public Library, Main Library

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Newark Public Library, Main Library

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Newark (N.J.). Police Dept.

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Newark Public Library. New Jersey Reference Division

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United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders

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In the summer of 1967 a riots broke out in Newark, New Jersey and Detroit, Michigan owing, in part, to political, economic, and social factors including police abuse, lack of affordable housing , urban renewal projects, economic inequality, black militancy, and rapid demographic change. These followed similar outbreaks in Los Angeles and Cleveland the year before. In reaction the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (also known as the Kerner Commission, after its chairman, Gov. Otto K...